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The poem of Fernán González = (Poema de Fernán González) /

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"Fernán González lived from about AD 910 to 970. The popular image of him is of a fearsome warrior who gave his people protection from their enemies (both Muslim and Christian), and a wise and respected lord who enabled them to live in security and harmony. He was generally (though in essence e...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Poema de Fernán González.
Other Authors: Such, Peter, 1953- (Editor, Translator), Rabone, Richard (Editor, Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Spanish
Language Notes:Translated from the Spanish.
Published: Havertown, PA : Aris & Phillips, an imprint of Oxbow Books, [2015]
Series:Aris & Phillips Hispanic classics.
Subjects:
González, Fernán, > conde de Castilla, > -970 > Poetry.
Spain > History > 711-1516 > Poetry.
Poema de Fernán González.
Table of Contents:
  • Map of the County of Castile after 932 as depicted in the Poema de Fernán González
  • Map of the Iberian Peninsula in 1252
  • From the Islamic invasion to the reign of Alfonso X: a chronology
  • The dynasty of the counts of Castile in the early tenth century
  • The rulers of Castile (House of Burgundy): 1126-1284
  • The tale of Fernán González
  • Inventing the past: a tenth-century hero in a thirteenth-century context
  • Men of learning and juglares: the art of the mester de clerecía and the use of stylistic features associated with oral poetry
  • Kingship and the social order, conquest and crusade: the themes of the Poema de Fernán González
  • Note on the Spanish text
  • The translation
  • Select bibliography
  • The Poema de Fernán González
  • Commentary.